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- msswa I D- J. DUQUETTE GAME 7 Filed April 5.1922

Patented ay 15, 1923.

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GAME.

Application filed April 3, 1922.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DUNCAN J. DUQUETTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a specification, ref erence being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to games and has special reference to one in which men or checkers are employed in equal number on opposite sides and moved forwardly only, either straight or diagonally, on a board especially prepared for same.

The principal object is that of novelty and added interest in a competitive game.

The illustration accompanying this application, and forming part thereof, is a plan view of one of the improved boards having the men arranged upon opposite ends thereof.

The board 1 is preferably made of oblong, rectangular form and flat, being divided into three separate rectangular spaces, the larger one 2 being in the middle and the smaller ones 3 at either end thereof. The latter is simply for the purpose of affording storage space for the men gained from an opponent.

The central space '2 is divided into circular checks or spots, of which there are 37 in all, arranged pyramidically from a central transverse line of the body towards either end thereof, the extreme farthest check being in the center and at either end, as indicated at 5. These checks or spots 5 form the goals of the players of the game and upon which no men are used at any time except as the kings of each opposite party accomplished such deposit.

The kings of each player are illustrated at 6 and deposited upon the spots 7, each player having two only of such checkers. Each pair of kings are protected bylO men, indicated at 8, arranged on the next adjacent spots in front of the kings. and in color scheme I prefer to have the kings on one side green and protected by yellow men, and on the other side blue and protected bywhite men. All of the spots except the two used by the kings I prefer to have colored black, and the spots on which Serial No. 549,324.

The moves in the game after the men have been placed as above indicated in all respects is the same as in checkers, except that the kings cannot be used to jump with nor be jumped, and no jumping or moving of men is allowed except forwardly, either straight or diagonally, the object being to get ones kings into the opponents goal where they may be placed one on top of the other, and when such occurs, the game is concluded.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A game mechanism of the character described comprising an oblong board the up per surface of which is divided into three rectangularly shaped areas the larger one occupying the centerinost portion of the board, 37 spaced circular spots or checks arranged pyramidically from a central transverse line through the lesser dimension of the intermediate space towards the ends of the board with the center row of checks longitudinally of the board being seven in number each extreme check of which acts as a goal for the players and having a distinguishing color, the two checks next adjacent the goal at one end of the board being of some other distinguishing color from that of the goal and the two like checks at the opposite end of the board being of a still further distinguishing color, and checkers for playing on the board comprising 12 for each player to be colored and arranged as follows: two of the checkers called kings to be the same color as the two checks adjacent each goal having distinguishing colors and the other ten men of that group being of a. different color and arranged on the checks at the end of the board next a pair of kings, while the other group of checkers comprises two called kings of the same color as the checks adjacent the goal and 10 men of a separate distinguishing color and arranged similarly to the first group.

2. A game of the character described comprising a board having spaced checks or spots thereupon on which to play, said resenting individual values in each group, spots from the center of opposite ends of substantially as described.

the board being);- spaced obliquely there- In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my from, the nearest one only of said spots to signature in the presence of two Witnesses. either end of the board being used as a DUNCAN J. DUQUETTE. goal, two groups of checkers of different Witnesses:

colors to be used on the board by opponents Y S. C. BRONSON,

in play and'checkers of different colors rep- S. G150. STEVENS. 

